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movie review - The Good Thief

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Toronto, 2003.11.15

This is a caper flick starring Nick Nolte. I understand that the man actually took to using heroin to prepare for the roll he had in this movie. I'm not impressed, and I wasn't terribly impressed with this movie either.

It suffered from a bit of the same 'overly clever' writing that all movies in this genre do (see 'Heist' by David Mamet). And it featured a truly ridiculous run of good luck at the casino that in effect saves the day - deus ex machina on film, oh boy.

Not recommended.

rand()m quote

It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.

—Wendell Berry